Homage to Hungarian Music with Sylvan Winds

Original compositions written for Sylvan Winds by:

György Ligeti, Endre Szervánszky, Ödön Pártos, Farkas Ferenc and a "Homage to Bartok" by Katherine Hoover.

Also, a special homage to Ferenc Liszt.

About Sylvan Winds:

The SYLVAN WINDS, an integral part of New York City's cultural offerings, has earned both critical and audience acclaim for its spirited performances and innovative programming. Exploring the entire body of work of chamber music for wind instruments, it is the only group of its kind to present an annual concert series in New York City that was inaugurated at the historic Church of St. Luke in-the-Fields in Greenwich Village. The ensemble celebrated its 40th Anniversary during the 2018-19 season.

The Sylvan Winds have garnered numerous commissioning, recording, residency, and general support grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, the New York State Council on the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and Meet the Composer, now NewMusicUSA.

Recent initiatives include exploring music from different cultures - notably "Sounds of the Americas," "Russian Nights," “Harlem Mosaic,” "Scandinavian Winds," and "Slavic Soul" – as well as a historical series of concerts "From the Library of Georges Barrère." Many of the works they perform are written for a variety of instrumental groupings and have included collaborations with such illustrious guest artists as conductors Gerard Schwarz and Ransom Wilson, the Guarneri String Quartet, pianist Claude Frank, harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper, harpist Kristi Shade, guitarists Oren Fader and Pedro Da Silva, mezzo-soprano Wendy White, narrator Robert Sherman, actor Louis Zorich, and the American Brass Quintet.